June 2018 Acorn TV Calendar

Monday, June 11th

BELONGING

A bittersweet drama set in the picturesque market town of Shrewsbury. At first glance, it's a domestic tale about marital breakdown but a closer inspection reveals a tender, perceptive and, at times, deeply funny story. A range of rich and diverse characters and the closely observed trivia of family life create a glorious portrait of human endurance. Jess (Brenda Blethyn, Vera, Saving Grace, Secrets and Lies) and Jacob Copplestone (Kevin Whately, Inspector Lewis) have been happily married for twenty years and now live with Jacob's cantankerous and demanding mother, May (Rosemary Harris, Spider-Man), his sweet and good-natured aunt, Brenda (Anna Massey) and his devout and elderly cousin, Nathan (Peter Sallis). With selfless dedication, Jess has given up her job as a librarian to care for "the oldies". But when her husband disappears, Jess's world starts to fall apart. She now has to question the entire basis upon which her life has been built and come to terms with her newly-found freedom while contending with her exasperating relations. Belonging is based on the novel by Stevie Davies and written by BAFTA award-winner Alan Plater whose previous television credits include A Very British Coup and The Last of the Blonde Bomb Shells. (2004, 2 EPS)